Apple reveals the most popular iPhone apps of 2018

YouTube can now add “most popular iPhone app of the year” to its list of accomplishments.

Apple just released its lists for the most downloaded apps of 2018 and YouTube took the number one spot, beating out Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat for the honor.

YouTube held the #3 spot last year, when Bitmoji and Snapchat came in at #1 and #2 respectively. This year, Snapchat dropped to third place and Bitmoji down to sixth, with Instagram climbing to the #2 slot.

These are the top 20 free apps of the year, according to Apple

YouTube

Instagram

Snapchat

Messenger

Facebook

Bitmoji

Netflix

Google Maps

Gmail

Spotify Music

Amazon

Uber

WhatsApp Messenger

Pandora

Wish

TikTok

Cash App

Google Photos

Google Chrome

Twitter

While there aren’t many surprises on that list, it’s notable that YouTube has now edged out Instagram and Snapchat. Though not a new app by any means, YouTube is increasingly becoming the app social media companies need to compete with. Earlier this year, a Pew poll found that YouTube is the most-used app among teens.

Two other notable additions this year include TikTok, the music video app formerly known as Musicall.y, and Cash App, Square’s P2P payments app.

Over on the paid app charts, photography apps once again came out on top. The most popular paid app was (for the second year in a row) Facetune, followed by special effects app kirakira+.

Like last year, Apple also released separate rankings for games where — surprise, surprise — Fortnite took the top spot for free apps. Also making the list was PUBG and HQ Trivia.

The full list of the top 20 most downloaded free games is below:

Fortnite

Helix Jump

Rise Up

PUBG MOBILE

Hole.io

Love Balls

Snake VS Block

Rules of Survival

ROBLOX

Dune!

Subway Surfers

Episode

Word Link

Toon Blast

Color Road!

HQ Trivia

Twisty Road!

8 Ball Pool™

Kick the Buddy

Sniper 3D Assassin: Gun Games

In addition, Apple’s App Store editors also announced their own picks for the best apps of the year. They named sketching app Procreate Pocket as the overall best iPhone app of the year and Donut Country the top game.

You can check out the full rankings over on iTunes, where you can also view the most popular podcasts, books, movies and television shows.